A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Zhaotong in China on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 103.6111° East, latitude 27.2476° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/03/25 / 2025-03-29 10:50:10 / March 29, 2025 @ 10:50 am. Event id: us7000pnl4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pnl4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:50:10 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 13 km (8 miles) from Zhaotong (c. 109 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Weining (c. 56 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Weining, Zhaotong (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km SW of Zhaotong, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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